Saturday, June 16, 2007

Tariana Turia and colonialism bashing

Again, the co-leader of the Maori party deems it necessary to blame the colonialists and Christians. This time they are being blamed for introducing smacking as a form of discipline for children.

Turia forgot to mention that up until colonial times Maori practiced the ritual of Taiki which was done to remove the spiritual nature of a fetus so that infanticide could be performed 'safely' after the child was born.